Cholera reports from 1832 city boards and forecasts
From the New York Standard and the Board of Health July 7 1832 reports 43 new cholera cases and 6 deaths in 24 hours with hospital counts and partial recoveries. A second box notes 29 new cases and ten deaths with 21 total, while weather changes and public behavior are blamed for improved conditions as Montreal and Quebec experience higher death rates.
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N.Y. Standard & Statesman
Board OF Health
M. Phe
the Park Hospital
Greenwich Hostal
Pone
Rivington Street Hospital
Crosby Street On Hospital
Special Medical Council
Alex. H. Stevens
J. J. Morton
Sec’y
Quebec
Montreal
Cholera claims seven lives amid city health briefing
A letter from Axsany dated July 6 1832 reports seven deaths by cholera since yesterday morning. Dr James told Mr Butler that the figure excludes the mayor's coachman who died about an hour later.
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Axsany
Board of Health
James
Butler
Cholera cases rise as medicine aids recovery in Albany
Dr James notes up to ninety cases yesterday with most responding to prompt medicines. Alarm spreads and business stalls as officials await official cholera update. Report mentions ten new cases and three deaths aboard the North America with no Friday official memo.
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James
Ausany
North America
Health Office Reports Cholera Cases and Deaths
The Albany Board of Health reports 12 new cholera cases since yesterday, with 2 deaths and 10 under treatment. Names Edward H. Myers and James McKinney listed among the dead, plus 10 additional cases spread across the city. MOA Eights chairs the board.
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Board of Health
Albany
Edward H. Myers
Pier
James M’kinney
Arthur Hitt
Joan Townsend
England and Paris Dispatches Highlight Reform Battle
The Packet of Silas Richards brought London dates to May 22 and Liverpool to May 24. It notes the king’s possible stance on Peers for the Reform Bill, with either a creation or opposition withdrawal likely. Casimir Perier is dead, with a successor not yet named. Cholera declines in France but grows in Italy. Paris reports Pericy’s death this morning.
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England
Silas Richards
New York
London
Liverpool
M. Casimer Perier
France
Italy
Paris
M. Casimer Pericy
Ile
Reform Bill Dominates English News From Abroad
From England and Europe the June events are summarized with the final passage of the Reform Bill, details on Irish and Scottish measures, and actions in Portugal and Spain. Reports include Lord Russell commanding ships, Talleyrand leaving for the Continent, and the Earl of Belmore planning a tour cut short by an epidemic.
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England
Montreal Gazette
Quebec
Belfast
Montreal
Clark
Hercules
Spain
Don Miguel
Tagus
Wm. Russell
Caledonia
Asia
Ferdinand Bes
Talleyrand
Earl of Belmore
Jamaica
Niagara
Philadelphia
London
V. S. Com
Indian War Echoes and Frontier Turmoil
Reports from the frontier recount renewed Indian threats after the Creek conflict. General Atkinson’s measures calm settlements around Fort Johnson and Fort Wilburn, with supplies and aid provided. A Dunkard preacher was killed on the Chicago road, decapitated, and his beard shaved as a trophy, illustrating border danger. The Misses All, now in Galena, remain the subject of public interest in this unsettled period.
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Indian Creek
Atkinson
Fort Johnson
Fort Wilburn
Dunkard
Chicago
Galena
Glorious Victory by Gen Dodge Over Sac Indians
June 17 report from the front notes Gen Dodge faced a hostile Sac band near the frontier. After they killed six Fort Hamilton men, Dodge answered with a daring assault, engaging the sharpshooters and killing and scalping the attackers as they took to flight.
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Dodge
Fort Hamilton
L Stockade
Cholera Precaution Meeting in Huron County July 1832
A large delegation from Huron County towns met at the Norwalk Court House to discuss preventive measures against Asiatic Cholera. Chair Timothy Baker led the gathering with Thaddeus Sturges as secretary as delegates from Oxford, Portland, New Haven, Fairfield, Ripley, Norwalk, Peru, Milan, Freemanfield, and Hartland were seated.
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Huron County
Court House
Timothy Baker
Thaddeus B. Sturges
Oxford
W. Hastings
Margaretta
Charles Lindsay
Harvey Fowler
Joseph Wilson
Portland
Francis D. Parish
William H. Hunter
William W. Nugent
New Haven
Thomas T Mulford
Benjamin M. Bartow
Fairfield
John Pratt
Benj. Lee l
Samuel Foot
Ripley
Austin
Thomas Walling
Norwalk
Baker
L. Bradley
J. Williams
Geo. Sheffield
M. Kimball
W. B. Mathewson
P. Latrimer
T. B. Sturges
Peru
Ezra Hoard
Samuel Turner
Levi R. Sutton
Munson Pond
Milan
E. Merry
Doctor Harris
Richard Burt
Gee
Lockwood
Wm.Sweet
J. S. Butman
Ea M. Ladd
Freemfield
Eli Halladay
Samuel Spencer
M. Smith
W. S. Rose
Henry Niles
Hartland
E. Bills
Charles Smith
Leckie Smith
Jesse Tuinter
County convention Calls for Cholera Precautions
A 1832 meeting names invited gentlemen to seats and forms a ten member Board of Health to prevent Asiatic Cholera. It authorizes up to two thousand dollars from county funds, appoints health officers, and sets hospital regulations. The chairman assigns the board: Norwalk Milan Sandusky Huron Vermillion New Haven Lyme and more, with four needed for quorum. T. Baker chairs, T. Sronces secretary. July 10, 1832.
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Eldred Otte
Joshea Pile Bicnes Sarvegart Prmillin
J. Crane
C. P. Sud- J. Tracy
Worlaren
A. Bhisle
C. Standart
Clarkefeld
D. Bills
Starr
Wakeman
W. Todd
Amiel P. Pierce
Branson
Southgate
Frederick Hix
D. Conger
N. Tanner
Lyme
Amos Woodward
Abner Strong
Stephen Russell
Ridgefield
Z. Morse
van Rensselaer
Vermillion
Philo Wells
Ruggles
Bradford Sturtevant
Florence
Doctor Caldwell
James Williams
Francis D. Parish
Geo. Lockwood
Samuel Foot
Boards of Health
Board of Health
Norwalk
Milan
Sandusky
Huron
New Haven
William W. Nugent
Leverett Bradley
Amos B. Harris
Ebenezer Merry
Charles P. Judson
John W. Johnston
Lemuel Morse
Abiather Shirley
T. Baker
N. T. B. Sronces
Sec’y
Board of Sealth appointed by County Convention meets at Norwalk
The July 10 1832 meeting of the Board of Sealth ap pointed by the County Convention of Huron County Ohio was held in Norwalk on July 11 Ebenezer Merry was named President and Ames B Harris Secretary. They appoint acting Commissioners to enforce rules and establish Hospitals with appointed physicians guards superintendents and nurses. The Board resolves to prevent all vessels and passengers from entering any port or harbor within the county and to prohibit landings of any goods or effects.
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The
Standard
Sing Sing
Robert Stewart
Albany
John Conner
William Farnam
Greenbush
Ely Bower
Poughkeepsie
Newburgh
Ohio
T. M. Bartilolomew
Board of Sealth
Huron County
Norwalk
Ebenezer Merry
James Willams
Leverett Bradley
Wm. W. Nugent
Charles P. Judson
Amos B. Mwarris
F. D Parish
Ames B. Harris
James Williams
Ralph Lockwood
Milane
E. Merry
Pree's
Attet
A. B. Hangis
Sec'v
Cholera Measures and Local News Prompt Report
Board authorizes enforcement to stop and inspect people and conveyances from infected areas and those exposed. Ralph Lockwood named county secretary. Supreme Court session upcoming with cash payments due. Ohio Atlas, a new Elyria paper, praised. physician recommends charcoal remedy as cholera preventive.
Chalera cure noted in Calcutta paper recipe
The Calcutta paper shared a simple draught that reportedly gives instant relief to the patient. It calls for one oz cinnamon water thirty five drops tincture of opium one drachm spirits of lavender and two drachms tincture of rhubarb. Also reported are various local notes: Emigrants arriving at Quebec total twenty five thousand seven hundred up to the lith ult. Gen Houston fined for assault. Meadville children sick from buttermilk recover. Darien railroad proposed across the Isthmus. Cholera deaths in Paris reach seven thousand six hundred thirty one by April 9. A Hagerstown dairy cow yields high milk and butter output.
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Calcutta
George Mitchel
Congress
Maryland
Tia
Quebec
Washington
Houston
Stanbury
Meadville
Tt_ ia
Iutimus
Darien
Paria
M. Newcomer
Hagerstown
Died in the Township Child E LizaBeth Lane
In this township on Saturday last seven year old E LizaBeth Last daughter of Nathan D Lane died after canker rash followed by a severe scarlet fever attack. The child expressed defiance before death and faced mortality with a steadfast spirit. The poem notes accompany the notice.
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E‘lizabeth Last
Nathan D. Lane
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